Monthly Archives: July 2012

Future Trends of Academic Publishing

Posted on July 30, 2012 by

Guest Post by Helen Olson University presses and academic journals may perpetuate the world’s most groundbreaking research, but they tend towards the heavily conservative when it comes to changing anything and everything about their organization. But the inevitable influx of … Continue reading →

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Nothing Will Be Restrained

Posted on July 27, 2012 by

Reblogged from cosmopolitan scum: This short film essay looks at how man has built and talked about elemental architecture forms since the Tower of Babel. It takes the viewer inside the ArcelorMittal Orbit for the first time as well as … Continue reading →

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new edited book: The Urban Wisdom of Jane Jacobs

Posted on July 26, 2012 by

Reblogged from urbanculturalstudies: The Urban wisdom of Jane Jacobs Cover New Book Announcement: The Urban Wisdom of Jane Jacobs (2012)–published by Routledge, edited by Sonia Hirt and Diane Zahm–will be commercially available on August 8. For a list of contributors … Continue reading →

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Sixty years after the transistor Now Switching State of Matter May Provide a New Ultra Low Power Devices

Posted on July 26, 2012 by

 Sixty years after the transistor began a technological revolution that transformed nearly every aspect of our daily lives, a new transistor brings innovations that may help to do so again. Developed at RIKEN, the device uses the electrostatic accumulation of … Continue reading →

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Open letter to the Indian film industry

Posted on July 25, 2012 by

Reblogged from Mashed Musings: Dear Indian Film Industry (IFI), I am writing this letter with a heavy heart. There was a time when I loved you like crazy. Now all I feel is apathy. There are times when you still … Continue reading →

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Your Morning Routine Make Your Career

Posted on July 24, 2012 by

Guest Post by Carol Brown “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle Think of your home as your base camp of operations from which you attack the day. Are you … Continue reading →

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DigitalGlobe buys GeoEye

Posted on July 24, 2012 by

Reblogged from Open Geography: In May this year two companies worth a combined $1.23 billion in market capitalization tendered hostile bids to buy each other. The bids were rejected, and confidential talks between the companies broke down in a rather … Continue reading →

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Parks = Jobs

Posted on July 21, 2012 by

Reblogged from The Dirt: While the U.S. interior department sees the great value of restoring rivers, preserving “landscapes of historic national significance,” and expanding urban parks, there’s a new focus on justifying the money that goes into conservation and park projects by citing jobs numbers. In a … Continue reading →

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